This report on the 1931 annual NZICMA Conference appeared in Wellington's Evening
Post, , 3 August 1931:

ICE CREAM INDUSTRYMANUFACTURERS MEET

The fourth annual conference of the New Zealand Wholesale Ice Cream Manufacturers'
Association was formally opened last week by the Minister. of Health (the Hon.
A. J. Stallworthy). Mr. H. Turner presided.

Mr. Turner referred to the cordial cooperation which existed between the association's
members, and the Department of Health, and said he felt sure that it would continue.
The members present represented the principal manufacturers from Auckland to
Dunedin, whose capital interests were in the region of £500,000. The production
of 600,000 gallons of ice cream annually absorbed the output of a huge herd of
cows, and when it was remembered that in order to secure milk and cream of the
maximum purity and quality, the industry paid a price that was at least 25 per
cent, higher than the ruling rates for butterfat, it could be seen what a valuable,
adjunct this was to the dairy industry, especially as it was during flush periods,
when the dairy farmer had to accept a very low price, that the bulk of the industry's
requirements were purchased.

Mr. Stallworthy referred to the activities of the
association, and said, that, in his opinion, it deserved great credit for its
resourcefulness during the present difficult times. The ice cream industry was
an important adjunct to the dairy industry, and should be fostered in every possible
manner. He was pleased to have the president assure him that the Department of
Health and the association were working in closest co-operation, with a view
to conserving the interests of the public. The chairman assured the Minister
that one of the main objects of the association was the improvement of the condition,
of manufacture, of ice cream, and the safeguarding of the public health. The
executive's annual report and statement of accounts were adopted.

The following
remits were carried:-
" That a further endeavour be made to have the vital statistics in connection
with, the industry prepared .for specific mention in the. New Zealand Year Book."
''That efforts be made to have removed various anomalies which exist under the
Police Offences Act in relation to the industry."
''That an official insignia or symbol be adopted for the use of association members
only, indicating that membership may be considered representative of the high
standard of quality of their products. for which the association stands."
" That the executive lose no opportunity of co-operating with the Department
of Health in an endeavour to ensure the most perfect hygienic conditions in
the manufacture, delivery, and sale to the public of all ice cream products."
" That the Department of Health be again approached with the request that
preparations containing. less than the standard quality of butterfat be designated
on sale as 'water-ices' instead of 'ices' with a view to more fully "protecting
the public against the possibility, of purchasing an inferior article of doubtful
nutritious value in the belief that it is a form of icecream.'
''That the Commissioner of Taxes be deputised with a view to a complete review
of rates of depreciation on ice cream plants."
" That the Railway Department be approached with a view to eliminating various
anomalies which exist with regard to railway rates."

Mr. F. Wise, of Gisborne, read an interesting paper illustrating the successful
results of modern ice cream manufacturing methods in the sterilisation of milk
and cream, thus providing a very vital factor in conserving and protection of
public health.

It was decided to hold the next conference at Wellington. The election of executive
officers resulted: Messrs. H. Turner (Dunedin), W. A. Fisher (Wellington), and
P. Wise (Gisborne). Mr. Turner was elected president, and Mr. H. R. Ayers (Wellington),
secretary.